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A 15 April 1926 photograph of the Sugar Pine Lumber Company office located in Pinedale, California. This multimillion-dollar operation existed from 1921 until 1933 using some of the most modern sawmill and logging equipment in the United States at…

A 1923 photograph of the townsite office for Pinedale, California. In June 1923 the Sugar Pine Lumber Company mill was completed on property donated to the lumber company on the south bluff of the San Joaquin River north of Fresno in the Fig Garden…

Horseback rider leading pack mules down the Muir Trail near Mono Creek. The John Muir Trail is 211 miles long and runs from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney. Named after John Muir, the 19th century naturalist and conservationist who was…

A log bath house at Mono Hot Springs, California located 86 miles northeast of Fresno on the South Fork of the San Joaquin River at the far eastern edge of the county. The town developed around the hot mineral springs famous for healing effects on…

Frontal view of the Laton Public Library located at 6313 DeWoody Street in Laton, California. Dedicated in the spring of 1904 this library is the oldest in Fresno County and one of the oldest in California. The Laton Library is a mission…

The flooded Traver Road Bridge located one mile south of Kingsburg, California. Photo taken 26 January, 1914 during Kings River overflow. The Fresno Morning Republican of this date reported the "Kings River at the highest point in 50 years" and…

Possible religious revival meeting in 1914 Kingsburg, California. Photograph shows a large gathering of well dressed men and boys of various ages posing in front of two large tents.

Bales of cotton lint lined up for shipment in front of the Kingsburg Cotton Oil Company. The company is located at 1825 Marion Street in Kingsburg supplying cottonseed, meal and hulls. The first cotton in the Kingsburg area appeared in the early…

Palm tree lined dirt drive in Sanger, California. Gates indicate possible private property.

Front view of Kingsburg High School. The building faced Eighteenth Avenue and was ready for classes in September 1916. It initially was comprised of an auditorium in the center with two attached classroom wings. Development continued with the…